B, M, N D, P, P M,
S.
parape ̄gma astronomical calendar of fixed-star phases and solar positions, indicating
expected weather, and noting fixed-star or constellation phases (such as first morning
rising or last evening setting), and solstices and equinoxes. Often constructed as a slab
of stone with peg-holes for each day of the year, with a peg being moved from hole
to hole for each day of the year; examples are also recorded on papyri and in MSS.
Cf. D P; E; G; P; BNP 10 (2007)
519 – 520, J. Rüpke; D. Lehoux, Astronomy, weather, and calendars in the ancient world:
parapegmata and related texts in classical and Near Eastern societies (2007).
See also: C T, D, E K, H
N, I “L,” K, K., K, M, M
(A. I), P O, S (I).
pastille see trokhiskos.
perie ̄ge ̄sis description of, or guide-book to, a region of the oikoumene ̄. RE 19.1 (1937)
725 – 742, H. Bischoff; BNP 10 (2007) 783, E. Olshausen.
A M, C , D A
(P), D C, D R, G (G.
I), H M, H (G.), K, M
S, M P, P I, S K,
S A, T (G.).
periodos description of a (possibly notional) trip around a region, or the whole, of the
oikoumene ̄ or even of the whole world.
-A A, H M, M
E, P, S, T.
Peripatos A’s school in Athens, very active scientifically through the
3rd c. BCE, and surviving until ca 200 CE. See esp. T, S, D-
, E R, and A A.
Entries on Peripatetics: A A, A K,
A R, A M, A I, A
K, A M, A C (12 entries),
A T, A, B S, H
K, H, H ( S), H R,
K, L T, M, O M, X,
G, N D, P L, S (II),
S A, X.
See also: A S, A, A, A L,
A , A M, A D, A-
B, A T, C, C I.,
D (A. II), D L, D K, E
I, E, G, H A, H
P, H C P W, L ,
M N, O, P, P, S,
T, X K.
periplous (Lat.: periplus) a voyage around a shore (of an island or continent), or
the description thereof; contrast perie ̄ge ̄sis and periodos. RE 19.1 (1937) 841– 850
(#2), F. Gisinger; OCD3 1141 – 1142, N. Purcell; BNP 10 (2007) 799–801, J. Burian.
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